ESL One New York 2018

ESL One New York 2018
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	mousesports
organizer	Electronic Sports League
venue	Barclays Center , New York
Participating clans	8th
Beginning	26th September 2018
final	September 30, 2018
Prize pool	$ 250,000
Homepage	official website

The ESL One New York in 2018 was one of the ESL hosted a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, which on 26 September 2018 to 30 September 2018 at the Barclays Center in New York took place. The eight participating teams played for a total of $ 250,000 in prize money. The winner of the tournament was mousesports . The tournament was part of the Intel Grand Slam . In addition, the final of the MSI Gaming Area ( MGA ) took place at the same time , in which the Kazakh team AVANGAR won the title.

format

The eight participating teams were divided into two groups according to the world rankings. The group stage is played in a double elimination system, with all games being best-of-three games. The two best teams in each group will advance to the play-offs, which will be played in the usual single-elimination system. The semi-finals are decided by best-of-three games, the winner is determined in the grand final by a best-of-five game.

groups

Group A

• Natus Vincere (Invite)
• mousesports (invite)
• fnatic (Invite)
• Gambit Gaming (Europe Qualifier)

Group B

• FaZe Clan (Invite)
• Team Liquid (Invite)
• G2 Esports (Invite)
• NRG Esports (North American Qualifier)

Line-ups of the participants

The following table shows the line-ups with which the teams compete.

Natus Vincere	mousesports	fnatic	Gambit Gaming
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliw	Tomáš “oskar” Šťastný	Jesper "JW" Wecksell	Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov
Ioann "Edward" Sukharev	Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski	Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson	Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev
Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko	Chris "chrisJ" de Jong	Richard "Xizt" Landström	Rustem "mou" Telepov
Denis "electronic" Sharipov	Robin "ropz" Kool	William "draken" Sundin	Abay "HObbit" Khassenov
Egor "flamie" Vasiliev	Miikka "suNny" Kemppi	Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom	Nikolay "me" Bityukov
FaZe Clan	Team Liquid	G2 esports	NRG Esports
Finn "Karrigan" Andersen	Nick "nitr0" Cannella	Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro	Jacob "FugLy" Medina
Olof "Olofmeister" Kajbjer	Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub	Damian "daps" Steele
Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács	Jonathan "EliGE-" Jablonowski	Richard "shox" Papillon	Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte
Nikola "NiKo" Kovač	Keith "NAF" Markovic	Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux	Ethan "approaches" Arnold
Håvard "rain" Nygaard	Epitacio "TACO" de Melo	Kevin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans	Cvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov

Tournament course

Group stage

Group A

Opening games
NaVi	1	2	gambit
fnatic	1	2	mouz
Elimination game
NaVi	2	0	fnatic
Winning game
gambit	1	2	mouz
Playoff
NaVi	0	2	gambit

Group B

Opening games
FaZe	1	2	G2
Liquid	2	1	NRG
Elimination game
FaZe	0	2	NRG
Winning game
G2	0	2	Liquid
Playoff
NRG	2	0	G2

Playoffs

	Semifinals							final
		mousesports	16	16	-
		NRG Esports	12	11	-
									mousesports	16	7th	10	19th	16
									Team Liquid	12	16	16	17th	8th
		Gambit Gaming	6th	3	-
		Team Liquid	16	16	-

Table & prize money

Final standings
space	Prize money (in US $ )	team
1.	125,000	mousesports
2.	50,000	Team Liquid
3rd - 4th	25,000	Gambit Gaming
		NRG Esports
5th - 6th	5,500	G2 esports
		Natus Vincere
7th - 8th	4,000	FaZe Clan
		fnatic

reporting

The English stream of the tournament was broadcast exclusively on Facebook . As with other tournaments before, streams in other languages ​​that were broadcast on Twitch , for example , achieved significantly higher audience numbers.

• Stage presenter: OJ Borg

• Moderator: Tres "Stunna" Saranthus

• Expert: Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
• Expert: Mathieu "maniac" Quiquerez
• Expert: Duncan "Thorin" Shields

• Commentator: Henry "HenryG" Greer
• Commentator: Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett
• Commentator: Alex "Machine" Richardson
• Commentator: Lauren "Pansy" Scott
• Commentator (substitute): Jack "Jacky" Peters
• Commentator (substitute): Alex "Snodz" Byfield
• Upper server : Alex "Rushly" Rush
• Upper server: Patricia "Patricia" from Halle

MGA finals

MSI Gaming Area Finals 2018
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	AVANGAR
organizer	Electronic Sports League
venue	Barclays Center , New York
Participating clans	4th
Beginning	28th September 2018
final	September 30, 2018
Prize pool	$ 60,000
Homepage	official website

Attendees

• compLexity (NA Qualifier)
• eUnited (NA Qualifier)
• AVANGAR (GUS Qualifier)
• Movistar Riders (EU Qualifier)

Tournament course

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

compLexity

25th

Winning round

Movistar Riders

23

compLexity

22nd

eUnited

20th

AVANGAR

9

eUnited

16

compLexity

9

AVANGAR

16

Movistar Riders

14th

Losers round

AVANGAR

16

eUnited

10

AVANGAR

16

Table & prize money

Final standings
space	Prize money (in US $ )	team
1.	30,000	AVANGAR
2.	15,000	compLexity
3.	10,000	eUnited
4th	5,000	Movistar Riders

Web links

• Coverage page for ESL One New York 2018 on 99damage.de
• Coverage page for ESL One New York 2018 on hltv.org (English)
• Liquipedia article on ESL One New York 2018 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Luis Mira: mousesports pull off comeback vs. Liquid to win ESL One New York. hltv.org, October 1, 2018, accessed October 1, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Milan Švejda: AVANGAR win MSI MGA Finals. hltv.org, September 30, 2018, accessed October 1, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ESL One New York 2018 Stream stats. esc.watch, accessed October 1, 2018 .